National Sports

HALLE, NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA, GERMANY — Canadian tennis star Felix Auger-Aliassime rode a dominant second set to a 7-6 (7), 6-1 victory over American Mackenzie McDonald on Wednesday at the Halle Open.

BERLIN — Canada's Bianca Andreescu was eliminated form the German Open grass-court tennis tournament with a 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (7) loss to fourth seed Karolina Pliskova in second-round action Wednesday.

LONDON — Canadian tennis player Denis Shapovalov had his losing streak extended to five matches Wednesday with a 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 loss to Tommy Paul at the Queen's Club grass-court event.

BUDAPEST, Hungary — Decorated Olympian Penny Oleksiak has withdrawn from Canada's swim team for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England.

The Ottawa Senators have signed forward Dylan Gambrell to a one-year contract extension worth US$950,000.

NEW DELHI (AP) — U.S.

SEATTLE (AP) — Raul Ruidiaz scored a goal in each half and the Seattle Sounders beat the Vancouver Whitecaps 4-0 on Tuesday night. The Sounders (6-6-1) also got goals from Alex Roldan and Nicolas Lodeiro.

BURNABY, B.C. — Evan Dunfee's biggest competitor Tuesday was someone he couldn't even see. A year after smashing his own national record in the 10,000-metre race walk at the Harry Jerome Classic in Burnaby, B.C.

MADEIRA, Portugal — Tess Routliffe put an exclamation point on her remarkable comeback from injury on Tuesday, capturing the first world title of her decorated career on the third night of the 2022 World Para Swimming Championships at the Penteada Ol

TORONTO — Control issues and the long ball proved to be the undoing for Blue Jays starter Yusei Kikuchi on Tuesday night. The Baltimore Orioles took advantage of his uneven performance for a 6-5 victory at Rogers Centre.